Mcelwee's Influence Of Hate Speech On Social Media
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Khaaliq Crowder 9/30/2015
Advanced English Composition Professor Taylor
Sean McElwee’s main idea he’s trying to convey in his article is that hate speech has reached the masses of the internet and there needs to censorship of that. One example of hate speech on social media is a hashtag #unbonjuif (“ a good jew”) that trending on Twitter in France. It was only blocked in that country alone given its violation for that particular country. Other than Twitter, there are websites that are made to instigate hate messages. Reddit has threads like “/r/raping women” and “/r/mensrights.” Despite the constant bullying of different groups, cultures and genders, only few of hate speech cases have gone to court. The Freedom